Yesterday, found that Belle was suffering from a fever (by touch. I didn’t try using a rectal thermometer!!) and was very lethargic. She slept the whole morning away on my pillow… Curled up tightly and and won’t open her eyes. When I carried her, she just NUAHed (which is so unlike her usual self) and was like jelly. I felt like I was dragging her when I tried to carry her. She normally doesn’t sleep so soundly unless it’s night time. After she got up from her slumber, we noticed that she kept her eyes half-closed while going about her business. Gave her some eye drops but since it wasn’t prescribe, I didn’t dare to give her any more.

This morning, placed Belle in my straw bag and took a cab down to the vet (Vet Practice). Chip was pretty jealous that she didn’t get to go. Vet gave her eyes some kind of litmus paper test by placing the strip on each eye. Then, she dripped a dye onto Belle’s eyes to see if she was suffering from abrasions on her eyes. She didn’t have any. Finally, the doc peeled open her lids and saw that her whites were red. Doc says that Belle has conjunctivitis which could either be caused by allergies or virus. Let’s hope it’s not the latter, or Chip might get infected too!! Vet gave me an eye drop solution to be applied two drops, twice a day.

The whole time we were out – from being inside my bag, to the taxi, to the vet where I put her on the floor to roam around, to the taxi home – she was shaking and had her tail between her legs. She didn’t even dare attack the vet with her trademark growl and bite cos she was in an uncomfortable place and wasn’t sure she could win. But once I placed her on the floor of my condo lobby, she immediately recognised that we’re home and started wagging her tail violently and placed her paws on me while jumping! She is such a silly baby. Wagged her tail all the way home! :)